The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-26
FOREIGNERS FLEECE AMERICANS.

Oar Miliionaires Made to support Their
Regulations When In Europe.
From the Me.sonier portrait spf Mrs
Mackay To thu breakfast ordered. by tho
shah of Persia at Fontainebleau, the bill for
which amounted to the respectable sum OF
sl.2U0, the average European can not, it
appears, refrain from fleeing, or trying to
fleece native or foreign royalty or Amer
lean millionares / remember the cas- OF
a wealthy American widow, who was asked
to patronize young miliiner who was just
beginning business for herself after having
beon the forewomln for one of the great
houses Mt which the laiy dlalt be.ns
kind hearted and generous, the lady con
cent, to do SO, and ORDERED quite a number
vf al ,iv.v, IIvuI osSaUirsnmcnL IN
the course Of few months she received
bill for s 90 i'm which CURED such charges
| as So for pair OF new strings for bon.
net, So for retrimming n thilds hat, etc.
She called at the shop to demonstrate on the
enormity of such prices, but wAs met 10y
such storm Of impertinencc that she re-
tired in indignation, atte.warl zen ling her
check for tn, amount OF tho Til by her
maid, with al intimation that this paynien
closed all transactions ON her part with
Nile N.
HAS your mistress lost her fortune, that
she is growing cconomicali' was tie inso
lent Cuerry OF the moiists as sAs handed the
| servant the roceipted bill.
But q still more tiagrant caso was that OF
On American gentleman, VINO VAS spending
some tine at Naples, and wao was attacked
with inalady of the eyes. Hs was ad-
ise1 TO apply to young native oculist,
who had already gained some reputation by
his skill lie sent Tor the young Ncapol-
H., a IL, iatt .
lection Of the patients eyes having proved
\, trifiing airai. after all For tn ., two
visits the do tor brought in bill Of $2O0-
The A .ucrican reused to pay any such
SUN, ana was met by the cool assertion:
You are az american, and of course q
mil ionaire, and il / did not take some
money out Of you how could manage to
live at all
our tountryman was proof against even
such potent reasoning, and was sued by the
doctor On Icing called UP before the court
tLe Judge asked the oculist what was his
usual fee for a single visit
Two dollars" was his rely.
On tho other hand, tho American ofere,,
to deal literally with the pay sician and t.
pay him ~ for tie two visits. But to this
the judge would not h ar, condemniag tue
grasping medical man to receivs6nly his
CUSTOMARY Zee, namely, ~, AMI expressing
courteous hope that the aggrieved patient
would not judge all Italian professional men
by that single sample But all our foreign
friends are n like taas-sar from It, re-
member when Mr. John w Mackay first
began his sittings to Cabanel for his portrait
that the illustrious artist was met one day
by col eague who stopped him to con-
gratuate him Oh the important order he hal
just received
"Uf cours, you will make q good thing
out OF it-doub!e or triple your usual prices.
"Anl why so" quoth the painter. Are
my pictures worth more to Mr.. Mackay
than to any one else; shall charge him
exactly wha. always ask for portrait Of
similar dimensions. Cool morning yhila-
dslphia Telegraph. -